Measuring Tape / Measurements | Dream Meanings

To see or use duct tape in your dream, signifies a fear of being trapped in a situation or relationship and not being able to get out of it.

To dream that you (or other people) are being stuck to something with tape, or to dream of sticking objects together with tape, suggests that you are piecing together aspects of yourself and acknowledging those previously rejected parts.

To dream about using measuring tape, especially to take your own measurements, indicates that you are setting unrealistic standards for yourself or what you think others expect of you. You need to stop comparing yourself to others.

1- Dreaming of a measuring tape indicates our need to •measure’ our lives in some way. Perhaps we may need to consider how we communicate with, or ‘measure up’ to, other people’s expectations. Equally, if we are doing the measuring we may be trying to create order in our lives. Dreaming of a recording tape would suggest that we are aware that the way we express ourselves is worth remembering.

2- Masking or parcel tape could be considered to be restraining - to create boundaries within which movement bccomes difficult. In dreams we bccomc aware of the limitation we impose on ourselves in everydav life.

The image of a tape – particularly the slightly old-fashioned recording tape – is spiritually a way of recording and measuring life’s processes. This ties in with the idea of the akashic records – when everything that is, was or ever shall be is noted.

Psychological / emotional perspective: Masking or parcel tape could be considered to be restraining – to create boundaries – within which movement becomes difficult. In dreams we become aware of the limitation we impose on ourselves in everyday life.

Material aspects: Dreaming of a measuring tape indicates our need to ‘measure’ our lives in some way. Perhaps we may need to consider how we communicate with, or ‘measure up’ to, other people’s expectations. Equally, if we are doing the measuring we may be trying to create order in our lives. You might also like to consult the entries for communication, measure and record / records / recording.

To see or use tape in your dream, signifies a fear of being trapped in a situation or relationship and not being able to get out of it.

To dream that you (or other people) are being stuck to something with tape, or to dream of sticking objects together with tape, suggests that you are piecing together aspects of yourself and acknowledging those previously rejected parts.

A tape measure may point to feelings that you don’t measure up or that you are not good enough, or it may offer a comparison. Measuring something in a dream may reveal the size of a conflict or Issue in your lile that needs further analysis.

Dreams of a tapestry reflect your feelings about your life, your past, your experience, your family history, patterns and habits that you have sewn together over time. Tapestries also signify wealth, luxuriousness and prosperity that come from life experiences that you have woven together. See Art.